Ridgell's Originals

They sometimes talk as if they have discovered the greatest communication skill ever. And maybe in a way they have. The hot discussion topic today is communicating to post-moderns by means of storytelling. Logic is out. Reading is out. Systematic study is out. Rigid standards of authority...out. So tell stories. Relate by sharing stories. They are personal, they are real, they communicate today in authentic ways.

Of course these ideas are not new. They are old. For generations this is how our traditions and our truths were communicated. So maybe what is new is old, or what is old is new. I do know that is really how God communicated with us. The Bible is a collection of stories. The Old Testament is not just a book of rigid laws and a collection of dos and don'ts. It is mostly stories. For that matter, so are the gospels. They are mostly stories of Jesus and the people he connects with. In fact, the Bible is basically one long story of God's love for us.

Families need to tell their stories, their traditions, their legends. That is still the best way to do evangelism...tell your story. Learn to tell your story. Share what Jesus has done in your life. Our children need to hear what God has done in our lives. We need to learn to give testimonials. We need to be better at telling what we have witnessed. That is how our world will come to know that the Jesus story is real...and that it works.

So if sharing the stories of our faith really is the way to communicate with post-moderns then I am thrilled. God's story is ready to be shared. It is still being told in my life, and I want to continue sharing it.